An epidemic of dizziness, chest pain and...

MYSTERY ILLNESS.

March 13, 1990

NEW YORK — MYSTERY ILLNESS. An epidemic of dizziness, chest pain and sore throats among toll takers may have been at least partly psychosomatic, officials say. Between Feb. 16 and 22, 34 workers at the Triborough Bridge suffered such symptoms. Chemical fumes were suspected, and health and environmental experts investigated many possibilities but learned nothing, officials said. Medical experts said some of the characteristics of the plague were consistent with epidemic stress syndrome, or the spread of a psychosomatic illness through a group, The New York Times reported Monday.